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Meanings of sudden pressure in English

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Usage of sudden pressure in English
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The syphon, beneath Eliot's sudden pressure, squirted out a torrent of soda.
The Vision of Desire
2
Ingerman's finger-tips whitened under a sudden pressure, but his voice remained calm.
The Postmaster's Daughter
3
He turned slowly the knob, applied a sudden pressure to the door and entered.
A Man and His Money
4
I felt a sudden pressure against my spine, and I looked over my shoulder.
Proven guilty
5
The sudden pressure of their pending judgement was almost physical, descending heavily across his shoulders.
Forge of Darkness
6
Here the conversation was interrupted by a sudden pressure of the crowd towards the theatre.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
7
Westley could feel the sudden pressure of his heart.
The Princess Bride
8
Her failure to answer, and the sudden pressure of fingers, was a warning of danger.
Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
9
He held her hand a second longer, gave it a sudden pressure, and was gone.
The Precipice: A Novel
10
Laurel felt a sudden pressure in the air.
The unseen
11
The sudden pressure of her fingers had warned her, and she gave no sign of her astonishment.
The Light That Lures
12
She gave my hand a sudden pressure.
Three More John Silence Stories
13
Staples' own lips, and were due to the sudden pressure of Mr. Medliker's arm around his throat.
Tales of Trail and Town
14
On Thursday, Madsen described how he found the journalist lifeless after a sudden pressure problem in the submarine.
News.com.au
15
Under foot by the stiles the fallen acorns crunched as they split into halves beneath the sudden pressure.
The Amateur Poacher
16
He shifted on the bench seat to release the sudden pressure in his jeans at just the memory.
Stolen heat
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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